Building



L. B.,BR|DGES.

BUILDING. H'LED JANA31,1921. 2 SHEETQ -SHEET 2.

Feb, 6, 1923., '4 1,444,322.

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Paened Feb. F5,

iiplication nien January -TL, M521. Serial' No. 441,332.

' T0 Z110/Tunai; my @www second group of superposed oors 7 over- Be it known that l. linn'is B. Embrun, lios lni puri; of the ground oren located n. citizen of the United States, @ind'ieoidon `wiliin ihn four dividing walls. 'llio iloos of lie borough oi Brooklyn, in ihn county l iro looziod in planos intermediate. We of Kings, citi' and Storie oi' New York, have planes of he floors (5 and :i plurality 60 invented certain new and useful llinproveramps Connect the floors 6 and 7 in such ments in Buildings, of which *he following n manner hut vehicles or persons .may irzivel is specification. ille `ground 'le'vol -o ho uppermost door This invention rolnlgos .improwninnis of @he lniilding along n. snbsnntiilly helical 10 in buildings 0f the pvp@ in. which groups nai-li: The building has two roof sections of relatively staggered ioors are connoctod diioren levels, the. roof section d overby ramps. lying ine group of floors (i and the rooi" sec- @ne object of the preseni invon'ioi'i io ion i? overlying the group of floors T. provide an arrangement oi the groups o:- fi Suitable doorWo l() in one of the outer oors and the ramps in buildii'igs oi' this mills oi the buildingr gives access to the low- 7o type affording maximum economy of ioor ern/lost one of tho group ol noon; (i, prefer- Spmg :iloly ai, n point opposite the. entrance, to the A further object of ille inveniion is io linip lendingA from said lioor to the .lowerprovido n building especially odzipiod for moisi one oi' the group of floors j?. The outer 26 nso :is a, giungo and in which the ramps and Walls: l :ire provided with suitable windows 7 groups of doors :ire so arranged as to gr-:euljf and ilo@ dividing polis may be also pronoiliabo the driving of vehicles to Sorago vida-d with windowo if desired. Spoons 0n the Sovoral ioori, thus avoiding in ich@ building shown in Figs. l to 2l, the f '-.noongegtion and delay during ihoso porioi minos; extend ihrough the dividing Walls l rilion incoming or onigoing' :trafic is land 5. pair oi similarly inclini-draining l@ l2 Qxtond from lle loworinonii no olio lin itlio drawings: group oi floors T, ihrough the oppositeiy Fig. l isn horizontal secionnl View token dispozsied walls #i and 5to point-s on the on ibo line -ll of Fig. 3, showing one and second i'loors (l :it opposite Sides of no. ormof lnuilding embodying the invenion. Elize group of floors 7. The second one 55 @ms of ooiinin of the doors, boing' liroiion lol. ho iioors 'T is connected by awo similarly army; i. :lined ramps i3 which @nii/nd through voi'siczil soc-bionaii vii-iw on ine line Weils land 5 :ind cominci h QLcond iooi' 7 c; n W H @i 1; with tho second and third floors 6. The

5.25 Fig. o n Vericalsocioni View on lie line 'wo ramps .i3 are lin(.liin d opposiiely to lili@ Si? mj Fig, l; two ramps l2 :ind are' loczitndin i vertical nii? i 'zi horizontal sectional view. on plne :it one sido oi :ind parallel .'viili ai ,vor-

iln@ lino TWK- EV of Fig. 5, showing anolior tical plaine in/ersecing iho two .aligned forni of building ombodying the invention; ramps 12. it will be obvious that the pairs of 40 5 a vertical sectional viow on the lino ramps i2 and 13 may be duplicated as often 95 lili-V of Fig. Li; and required to connect all of the -ioors of a li. 6 o, vorioii sostronai View on lie lino building oi any height. is the building Vlih- /l of Fig. 4. shown in Figs. l to 3 has only,Y ihren loors In both forms of building; illusrzited the in nach' group.. the ythird iioor of rho gironi) ground oreny Wii'hin the four oner Walls l og' lio-ors T has only one ramp i2 conn-acted lo@ of @he building .is divided inio nwo paris, 'nerowiili. this ramp extending" througliwiili one oi which is rootiingnisir und oniioly al. io the hird oniJ of lie group oi lioors (i Surrounded by the oiiier pori. The imi find lacing; lomded in the saine vertical plone ports of the, 2ground aren. :iro .sonni-nml. in' the lower parirof ramps 12. The dividing' two paraiilel dividing' folio f3' und il rod mails i und 5 nro provided with openings li -io l rnnips o 'mnd through said Walls., sind openings duiding will width oi ilie ramps :ind lv high for ifoliiol'cs topan inroi. i A. porzoiii of' iii@ floor and nei-tod ai ilioir ends by two parallel dividing :if the poins ivhfero the i walls it und A5'.

A group of 'Snperposod that parini lie ground :i n linwi 55 outer walLSnnd tno diridingf- Walls,

the ramps l12 and 13. When employed as a garage, the space on the floors may be divided into individual storage spaces or compartments for motor vehicles by partitions or curbing 16, suit-able ct'irridors or driveways being provided connecting all the ramps and also atiording access from the ramps communicating with each floor to the storage spaces on said floor, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1.

In the construction shown in Figs. -t to 6, the ramps l2 and 13 do not extend through the dividing walls 4 and 5 but are located wholly at one side of said walls. In this construction thel ramps 12 and 13 are located adjacent the dividing walls 2 and 3, respectively, or atopposite ends ot' the central group ot'. ioors 7. VThis arrangement increases the head-room at openings 14, and it will also be observed that one edge of one ramp ot each pair is protected by the adjacent dividing wallv` thereby atl'ording a saving in the construction ot guard walls for the edges ot' the ramps. y

lt will be observed that each pair of aligned ramps connects three floors in such a Way that 'a vehicle may drive in a direct line from the lowermost to the highest one ot the three lioors. This greatly facilitates the case and rapidity oi ascent and descent. By 'providing alternate pairs of ramps of reverse inclination, the distance of travel from bott-om to top otl the building is reduced to a minimum.

What I claim is:

l. A storage building having two groups of vertically spaced storage levels arranged one within the other and connected by a eon tinnous spiral passage for wheeled vehicles extending around the inner group ot storage levels, thc levelsot one group being located in planes intermediate the planes of the levels ot' the other group.

2. A buiding having two groups of tioors. the. floors ot' one. group being located in planes intermediate the planes of the floors ot the other group. and a series of ramps cooperating with portions ol the floors in the order ot' their height to Vl'orm a continuous passageway crossing ditl'erent edges ot' suecessi vc floors ol' one group.

3. building having groups of liioors overlying dlil'erent parts of' the ground area of the building. and a series otl ramps cooperating with portions of the fioors to torni a passageway connecting all ot the tloors in the order ot' their-height and crossing alternate fioors of one group at different points. the lioors in said last-mentioned group being located in planes intermediate the planes of the floors connected therewith by said ramps.

et. A building having two groups of superposed lioors overlying different portions of the ground area ot the building, the lioors in one group being located within the planes ot the outer edges of the floors of the other group, and a series of ramps connecting all ot' the floors and cooperating with portions ot the tioors to form a continuous passageway. said ramps being arranged in pairs in two different vertical planes with the successive pairs of ramps inclined in opposite directions.

A building comprising outer walls, two groups of iioors overlying different portions of the ground area ot' the building and arranged with the tloors of one group staggered vertically relatively to the iioors of the other group, and ramps connecting all ot' the floors of the two groups in the order of their height. each ioor ot one group being connected with the next higher and lower floors of the other group by two similarly inclined ramps. y

6. A building comprising outer walls, two groups otl floors arranged one within the other with` the floors of one group in planes intermediate the planes of tlie oors of the other group, and a series of ramps cooperating with opposite end portions o successive ioors of the inner group and portions of successive floors of the outer group to forni a continuous passageway connecting all oi' the doors.

7. A storage building having two groups ot storage levels arranged one within the other with the levels of one group located intermediate the planes of the levels ot the other group. and ramps connecting `the two groups ot' levels. said ramps being' arranged so that one end of each level of the inner group is connected with the next higher and lower levels ot' the other group by two ramps inclined in the same direction.

,8. .X lmildinghaving two groupsoil superposed tloors overlying different parts of the ground area ot' the building and arranged with the iioors ot' one group in planes inter'- mediate the planes otl the tloors oi the other group` one ol' said groups ottioors having portions thereof located at ditl'ercnt sides of the other group of tloors. and ramps connecting all of the floors ot the two groups in the order ot their height. each tioor of one group being connected with portions of the next higher and lower floors of the other group located at opposite sides thereofy bv two ramps inclined in the same direction. l

9. .\buildinghavingtwo groups ot' superposed floors overlying diticrent parts ot' the ground arca of the building, the floors ot one group being located in planes intermediate the planes of the oors of the other A IO' group and one of said groups of floors hav-A ing parts thereof located at opposite sides of the other group of lloors, and a series of ramps connecting all of the floors., y.said ramps being arrangedl in pairs with the two A ramps of each pair connecting one floor of one group with the 'next higher and lower i floors of the other group et vopposite sides of the floor with which both ramps are connected, the pairs or-amps being inclined alternately in opposite directions.Y

10. A building having two groups of ver? tioally staggered floors connected by ramps,

ysaid ramps being arranged in pairs, each,

pair of ramps connectingone floor of one group with the next higher and lower floors l group, the pairs of ramps beingr inciinecl aiternately in opposite directions and the oppositely inclinedl pairs of ramps being ranged ilft'wo parallel vertical planes.

In testimony whereof I hereunto effin; my signature. n LEWS 

